Camden Police prove sense of humour in drugs snatch

These police officers certainly know how to keep their borough on their toes

Yesterday evening on the Grand Union Canal towpath, one drug dealer will have found a wittily triumphant note from police officers in place of his secret stash.

The “sneaky hidey-hole” containing two bags of a marijuana-based drug was discovered on Wednesday. Camden Town police sergeant Paul Taylor wrote on Twitter: “Drugs found by the team today in the dealers’ latest sneaky hidey-hole. Found by PC ‘Sniffer’ Simmond’s snout.”

He added: “Officers had left a note in place of the drugs.” Accompanying the post were two photos. The first was of the illegal items seized and the secon was a piece of paper with ‘Metropolitan Police Service’ emblazoned at the head, sporting the brief but triumphant handwritten phrase: “Unlucky.”